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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Sober Rust, reached at 188.42.131.180:28015. At the last check it held 0 of 50 places, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,452 of all servers, the top 69%. It last wiped 16d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/500% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,452top 69%
Last wipe16d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–no wipe seen yet

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak
0123418:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
02040608018:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00
Figure 2: Server performance. 48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 12 Oct.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 69% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k12 Oct15 Oct18 Oct22 Oct25 Oct28 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

5.2History

Table 2: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
No wipe seen yet.

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of Sober Rust
Figure 4: The map: Procedural Map, size 3000, seed 612351. Open on RustMaps.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address188.42.131.180:28015
Region–
Max players50
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe12 Oct 2026, 04:46 UTC
Hostname–
First seen12 Oct 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size3000
Seed612351

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are community tab servers measured [2] and next Rust wipe times [3].

Table 4: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 547 on average636/675
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 318 on average485/525
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 303 on average59/250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 303 on average36/250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 268 on average138/200
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 261 on average255/300

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1How well does Sober Rust run?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 60 server fps, with a low of 58. Its entity count reached a maximum of 45,180, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Memory use peaked at 3,478 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2In which location is Sober Rust based?

No region is published by Sober Rust. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 188.42.131.180:28015 is its address.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of Sober Rust?

At the present moment, Sober Rust is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 16 days 11 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were served, an availability of 100%. It was first observed on 12 October 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What is the Rust version for Sober Rust?

Sober Rust is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on the Windows operating system. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

A.5On what cycle does Sober Rust wipe?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes for Sober Rust to reveal its rhythm. Wiping is compulsory for every Rust server at the monthly force wipe, the next of which is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world currently in use was created 16 days 13 hours ago.

Population

A.6What is the rank of Sober Rust among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts Sober Rust at #15,452, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

A.7How would you characterise the player activity on Sober Rust?

At this moment 0 players are on Sober Rust, which has 50 slots in total. The mean population for the last seven days is 0.

Tags and filters

A.8What do the tags associated with Sober Rust signify?

gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival on vanilla rules; mp50 (Max players): It offers 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634; your client must match it to join; cs167398 (Build): The game build is 167398; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset: these are the tags Sober Rust publishes, and the server browser reads them. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

A.9Where can Sober Rust be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Sober Rust fits are: Rust community servers, measured. These filters on the server list return it: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Settings and map

A.10What are the settings and rules that govern Sober Rust?

The name of Sober Rust states no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.11On which map does Sober Rust take place?

Size 3,000 and seed 612351 define the procedural, game-generated map on Sober Rust. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

How to join

A.12What is the process for joining Sober Rust?

Enter client.connect 188.42.131.180:28015 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. The website for this server is https://low.ms/game-servers/rust-server-hosting.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs167398,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmvanillaGame mode. Survival on vanilla rules.
mp50Max players. It offers 50 slots.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
v2634Protocol. The game protocol is 2634; your client must match it to join.
cs167398Build. The game build is 167398.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Community tab servers measured. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.